PAIZ: International firms invest $10.1 bln in '98, up from $6.6 bln in '97

International investments since 1990 amount to $30.65 billion. The largest investments came from Rao Gazprom ($938 million), Bayerische Hypo-Vereinsbank ($604 million) and Metro AG ($398 million). The large investments by German companies caused German investments to exceed American ones for the first time. So far international companies have invested $15.9 billion in production, $4.8 billion in finance, $2.94 billion in trade and $1.68 billion in construction. PAIZ vice-president Andrzej Paplinski said that majority of the investments is localized in Mazowieckie, Slaskie and Wielkopolskie voivodships. (Rzeczpospolita, page 9)